Maybe it’s because I love to eat fresh food, or that I love to shop – but when I buy food, especially produce, it comes from a variety of places. I am no longer making the dreaded once a week trip to the supermarket and unloading bags of groceries to last me a week. Instead, I’m shopping at local farms and farmers’ markets,…

Happy Summer! June is almost over, it’s FINALLY summer and. . . it’s the end of National Fruit and Vegetable month. If you ask me, I think ALL of summer should be declared National Fruit and Vegetable season. Fresh fruits and vegetables are popping up all over the place, and they will be for the next several months. If you have been thinking…

Did you know that here in the US, June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable month? It makes perfect sense, fresh fruits and vegetables are becoming abundant in supermarkets and farmer’s markets are popping up all over the place. It’s time for serious salad making. I am often asked for my salad recipes, and truthfully, I don’t have any….

Is it a salad rocket or just plain old arugula? Well, that depends on where you are from. I thought a salad rocket was a newfangled salad, and I was surprised when I realized that I’ve been eating it for years. It’s arugula! Apparently the US is the only country that calls it arugula. Depending on where you are from, you…